English (first language); reasonably fluent in French and Spanish; studied a bit of Italian; studied Latin and Greek long enough ago that they were scarcely ancient languages ; when I was in Paraguay I learned enough Guaraní as I told my friends "to know when you're talking about me" (I did catch them a couple of times ), also while in Paraguay accustomed my ear to Brazilian Portuguese, though I've lost most of that now, but can generally make sense of what I read because of my knowledge of related languages.

Time to learn another - I hear it's good for sexagenarians to do so before we start to lose our mem

Two in the same day who can understand Portuguese? It seems the language is gaining quite a following recently.

I have 6 friends from Brazil and they taught me a little Portuguese (mostly just how to swear/curse in Portuguese...but I didnt want to say that on a religious forum .

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English (first language); reasonably fluent in French and Spanish; studied a bit of Italian; studied Latin and Greek long enough ago that they were scarcely ancient languages ; when I was in Paraguay I learned enough Guaraní as I told my friends "to know when you're talking about me" (I did catch them a couple of times ), also while in Paraguay accustomed my ear to Brazilian Portuguese, though I've lost most of that now, but can generally make sense of what I read because of my knowledge of related languages.

Time to learn another - I hear it's good for sexagenarians to do so before we start to lose our mem

Two in the same day who can understand Portuguese? It seems the language is gaining quite a following recently.

English (first language); reasonably fluent in French and Spanish; studied a bit of Italian; studied Latin and Greek long enough ago that they were scarcely ancient languages ; when I was in Paraguay I learned enough Guaraní as I told my friends "to know when you're talking about me" (I did catch them a couple of times ), also while in Paraguay accustomed my ear to Brazilian Portuguese, though I've lost most of that now, but can generally make sense of what I read because of my knowledge of related languages.

Time to learn another - I hear it's good for sexagenarians to do so before we start to lose our mem

Two in the same day who can understand Portuguese? It seems the language is gaining quite a following recently.

It's because of my origins, for me

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Many Energies, 3 Persons, 2 Natures, 1 God, 1 Church, 1 Baptism, and 1 Cup. The Son begotten only from the Father, the Spirit proceeding only from the Father, Each glorifying the Other. The Son sends the Spirit, the Spirit Reveals the Son, the Father is seen in the Son. The Spirit spoke through the Prophets and Fathers and does so even today.

English and Spanish: I was raised with both thanks to school and family and friends, though English is primary since it's the only language either of my parents spoke (my father's mother was from Mexico but never taught him or his brother the language, but she taught me after my mother decided to place me in a Spanish-speaking kindergarten...ahhhhh, ex-hippie moms and their horizon-expanding can have its upsides).

Russian: I was relatively high-functioning/high-intermediate fluency at one point after about 6 years of study, but have lost most of it by now due to being out of a Russian-speaking environment for the past half-decade. But if I listen to songs for a while, or watch "Ironiya Sud'by" or old Cheburashka cartoons or something, it starts coming back after a while.

Arabic: I only took one year of classes, about five years ago now, but has been increasing lately (albeit passively/from being spoken to, rather than speaking very much myself) thanks to church.

There are many others I've dabbled with in my linguistics work, e.g., took a seminar course as an undergad on Lithuanian and Proto-Indo-European which involved learning enough Lithuanian to read the 1547 Mazvydas catechism -- the first Lithuanian printed book ever -- without a dictionary or other help. It's neat how quickly that came together; within two weeks, we were reading and translating from the original. Of course, today I only remember the words for "hello" and "eggs", but if it was that quick the first time...

I can read whole pages of greek and latin without dictionary the same way I could read a french newspaper. Especially in Latin, I learned it since I was 11 and have been doing it pretty extensively ever since.

Awesome I plan to learn latin and ancient greek at the University.

If you need any help with it don't hesitate to ask me for help.

Cyrillic, sit mihi dux.

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Apart from moral conduct, all that man thinks himself able to do in order to become acceptable to God is mere superstition and religious folly. - Immanuel Kant

English is my first language, I speak Romanian pretty fluently and used to speak German fluently though it's rusty from lack of use. I also speak a little Czech and some Plattdeutsch (the latter because of an interest in my ancestors, not because it's actually very useful).

James

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We owe greater gratitude to those who humble us, wrong us, and douse us with venom, than to those who nurse us with honour and sweet words, or feed us with tasty food and confections, for bile is the best medicine for our soul. - Elder Paisios of Mount Athos

I can read whole pages of greek and latin without dictionary the same way I could read a french newspaper. Especially in Latin, I learned it since I was 11 and have been doing it pretty extensively ever since.

Awesome I plan to learn latin and ancient greek at the University.

If you need any help with it don't hesitate to ask me for help.

Cyrillic, sit mihi dux.

Scisne latinam linguam?

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That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, The happy highways where I went And cannot come again.-A.E. Housman

"For, by its immensity, the divine substance surpasses every form that our intellect reaches. Thus we are unable to apprehend it by knowing what it is. Yet we are able to have some knowledge of it by knowing what it is not." - St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa contra gentiles, I, 14.

English is my first language, I speak Romanian pretty fluently and used to speak German fluently though it's rusty from lack of use. I also speak a little Czech and some Plattdeutsch (the latter because of an interest in my ancestors, not because it's actually very useful).

James

Wow. I really need to catch with all of you.

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"For, by its immensity, the divine substance surpasses every form that our intellect reaches. Thus we are unable to apprehend it by knowing what it is. Yet we are able to have some knowledge of it by knowing what it is not." - St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa contra gentiles, I, 14.

Podlachian (you can describe it as a mixture of Ukrainian and Belarusian with minor other elements (Polish and Russian)), Belarusian and Polish - native or hardly nativeEnglish - I hope I speak it quite wellUkrainian and Russian - well to understand speech, not very hard to read, can't say anything I also studied German but I can say not much except from Ich bin nicht vorbereitet.

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who can watch the watchmen?"No one is paying attention to your post reports"Why do posters that claim to have me blocked keep sending me pms and responding to my posts? That makes no sense.

I speak English (native) and Egyptian Arabic (advanced proficiently to fluently, depending on how you define these terms).

I can understand modern standard Arabic pretty well and a little Spanish.

Languages I hope to learn in the future include MS/Classical Arabic, Koine Greek, and Bohairic Coptic.

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"I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die [...] These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." -The Lord Jesus Christ

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I'm a native Greek speaker, with UK English an acquired second language. I also speak fluent French and Spanish and decent Italian (including a substratum of Latin), although all are relatively rusty now.

I speak English (native) and Egyptian Arabic (advanced proficiently to fluently, depending on how you define these terms).

But Egyptian Arabic is not your native language? I thought you were bilingual.

Nope. I was born and raised in the US. My Egyptian Arabic is almost as good as my English. Which is why I would like to think I can get away with being called "bilingual."

Technically, I learned Egyptian Arabic before I learned English (as a toddler), but being that I live in an English-speaking country, my English naturally surpassed my Arabic.

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"I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die [...] These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." -The Lord Jesus Christ

No longer active on OC.net. Please pray for me and forgive any harm I might have caused by my ignorance and malice. Pls email me, don't send PMs.

Greeklish was my first language; it was only at the age of three that my Mother was advised to stop speaking Greek to me so that I could learn English quicker than I was at the time. What a mistake that was, ach... I picked it back up at 13 and I haven't looked back since. I'm just happy that one of only a handful of schools in the US that offers Greek is only a mile away from me; I've been a consortium student there for three years now.

I was forced to learn Spanish in high school; I say "forced" because my Father thought Ancient Greek/Latin, and French were useless, so he covered my mouth before I could yell "Ancient Greek & Latin!" to the teacher assigned to help me pick my classes the March before I started high school. I resented being forced into a language, so after I served my four years, I purposely let my Spanish slip. Now my good friend got me started on Duolingo to relearn Spanish. We'll see how long I last with this app!

I picked up Portuguese from a teacher at my high school and tried to self-teach myself with a book. I had no one to talk to other than rare passerbies, so it didn't go anywhere. I pick up bits of Ukrainian and Russian at my parish. My Ukrainian priest greets me with "kaliméra, Kosta mou, ti káneis!" and I greet him with "Pryvít, Otče, kak delá!" I keep telling myself to learn Irish, but I haven't learned more than a "cúpla focal" (God, I felt so cheesy writing that). I want to learn Cantonese and I pester a friend of mine all the time to tell me how to say this or that in Cantonese, but all I've retained are the bad things. There was a time in my life when I wanted to learn Turkish and I did try for a few months, but eh. Arabic, too. These days I content myself with picking up Persian from two friends of mine and the professor of my class on Shia Islam. I probably know more Persian than Irish these days: vay Khoda! I also use more Yiddish than you'd think your average Greek American would know, and I've picked up some German from my roommate.

After going through my list, I have come to the conclusion that the thing I lack in life in commitment.